Famous people · Placerville
Born near Placerville: 22 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Clarence D. Van Duzer, was born in Idaho City, 10 mi away. Among those who made it their home is Edward Dexter Holbrook. Aaron Paul is the most widely known, written about in 58 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Placerville.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
28 mi
Aaron Paul
Best known
Aaron Paul
in 58 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Placerville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Placerville
The 22 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
James Jesus Angleton
1917–1987Chief of the CIA's counterintelligence (CI) staff from 1954 to 1975
James A. Brown
1900–1965American football, basketball, and baseball coach, college athletics administrator
A chosen home
Also called Placerville home
Born elsewhere, Edward Dexter Holbrook lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Placerville and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Edward Dexter Holbrook: Williams Brothers (Philadelphia, PA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Paul: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Torrie Wilson: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Little: Phil White/Office of the Governor of Idaho., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristine Sutherland: fluzo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Jesus Angleton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Church: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeret Peterson: Duncan Rawlinson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vern Law: Brock Fleeger on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Packard: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence D. Van Duzer: The Tonopah Miner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Charles Castle: Tiger-Mouse-Rat-Dog, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James A. Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Permeal J. French: The Post-Register Idaho Falls, Idaho Monday, February 28, 1938, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons